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Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
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James tells us why he thinks there’s such enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic in schools.
  1. Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
    02:52
    Enthusiasm for Scots and Gaelic
  2. Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
    03:10
    Why is it important to learn Scots and Gaelic?
  3. Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
    06:54
    Reading The Gruffalo in Scots
  4. Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
    07:30
    Reading The Gruffalo in Gaelic
  5. Translating into Gaelic
    00:53
    Translating into Gaelic
  6. Discovering New Words
    03:16
    Discovering New Words
  7. Favourite Scots Words
    04:20
    Favourite Scots Words
  8. Book Introduction
    01:20
    Book Introduction
  9. Stories are people
    01:59
    Stories are people
  10. What's Sputnik up to?
    00:32
    What's Sputnik up to?
  11. The Black Flamingo
    05:09
    The Black Flamingo
  12. Where monsters come from
    03:38
    Where monsters come from
  13. Diving Poem
    02:24
    Diving Poem
  14. Cracking questions
    02:08
    Cracking questions
  15. Draw along
    10:28
    Draw along
  16. Reading of The River
    04:08
    Reading of The River
  17. Illustrating the Book
    02:15
    Illustrating the Book
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